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To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
Carl Lewis
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Carl Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 1
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Birmingham
Alabama
Frederick Carlton Carl Lewis
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